Camera board • Re: RP Zero 2 W point-and-shoot camera

Hi there,
First time on the board today and was searching for battery and found your post.
I'm literally working on a similar mini project myself using a Zero2W and a Pi camera v2 (to fit the official case).

This is it so far.
1x Zero2W without header
1x Official pi zero case (and using one of the spare lids).
1x Pi camera module v2 unit.
1x push to make switch.
1x 620mAh LiPo. and potentially a MAXIM SOIC charging i.c.squeezed in somewhere.
No software written yet, but I have a cunning plan...

To use rpicam-still/jpeg in one bash process to continually run the app and another instance of bash to send the rpicam app -USR signals to take the picture.

I've been trying to use signals with rpicam-vid in another project but the coding is a little hit and miss - but thats another story.Anyway, I haven't done any calcs for the battery life, how quick the <pushbutton - capture> delay might be etc, and I'd like to do the downloading to my piZero NAS on arrival home automatically.
It does actually work to an extent, but it does need some work.

Happy to share code if/when I've cracked it.

Statistics: Posted by play_atari_today — Wed Jul 10, 2024 4:15 pm

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